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Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 5: how to assess adequacy of data (2018)
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Glenton, C., Carlsen, B., Lewin, S., Munthe-Kaas, H., Colvin, C. J., Tunçalp, Ö., …Wainwright, M. (2018). Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 5: how to assess adequacy of data. Implementation Science, 13(S1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0692-7

Background: The GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach has been developed by the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) working group. The approach has been developed to... Read More about Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 5: how to assess adequacy of data.

Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings: introduction to the series (2018)
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Lewin, S., Booth, A., Glenton, C., Munthe-Kaas, H., Rashidian, A., Wainwright, M., …Noyes, J. (2018). Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings: introduction to the series. Implementation Science, 13(S1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0688-3

The GRADE-CERQual (‘Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research’) approach provides guidance for assessing how much confidence to place in findings from systematic reviews of qualitative research (or qualitative evidence syntheses... Read More about Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings: introduction to the series.

Deep experiential knowledge: reflections from mutual aid groups for evidence-based practice (2019)
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Noorani, T., Karlsson, M., & Borkman, T. (2019). Deep experiential knowledge: reflections from mutual aid groups for evidence-based practice. Evidence and Policy, 15(2), 217-234. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426419x15468575283765

Background: This article charts the relationships between the model of evidence-based practice (EBP), healthcare markets where providers are increasingly competing through the adoption of EBP-certified interventions, and the cultivation of experienti... Read More about Deep experiential knowledge: reflections from mutual aid groups for evidence-based practice.

Psychedelic therapy for smoking cessation: Qualitative analysis of participant accounts (2018)
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Noorani, T., Garcia-Romeu, A., Swift, T. C., Griffiths, R. R., & Johnson, M. W. (2018). Psychedelic therapy for smoking cessation: Qualitative analysis of participant accounts. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 32(7), 756-769. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881118780612

Background: Recent pilot trials suggest feasibility and potential efficacy of psychedelic-facilitated addiction treatment interventions. Fifteen participants completed a psilocybin-facilitated smoking cessation pilot study between 2009 and 2015. Aims... Read More about Psychedelic therapy for smoking cessation: Qualitative analysis of participant accounts.

Mor: Forord (2016)
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Dungey, C. E., & Fibiger, T. B. (2016). Mor: Forord

A Noisy Signal: To what extent are Hadza hunting reputations predictive of actual hunting skills? (2018)
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Stibbard-Hawkes, D. N. E., Attenborough, R. D., & Marlowe, F. W. (2018). A Noisy Signal: To what extent are Hadza hunting reputations predictive of actual hunting skills?. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39(6), 639-651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.06.005

The measurement of hunting ability has been central to several debates about the goals of men’s hunting among the Hadza and other hunter-gatherer populations. Hunting ability has previously been measured indirectly, by weighing the amount of food ind... Read More about A Noisy Signal: To what extent are Hadza hunting reputations predictive of actual hunting skills?.

Utilising bycatch camera trap data for broad-scale occupancy and conservation: a case study on brown hyaena (Parahyaena brunnea) (2020)
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Williams, K., Pitman, R., Mann, G., Whittington-Jones, G., Comley, J., Williams, S., …Parker, D. (2021). Utilising bycatch camera trap data for broad-scale occupancy and conservation: a case study on brown hyaena (Parahyaena brunnea). Oryx: The International Journal of Conservation, 55(2), 216-226. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605319000747

With human influences driving populations of apex predators into decline, more information is required on how factors affect species at national and global scales. However, camera-trap studies are seldom executed at a broad spatial scale. We demonstr... Read More about Utilising bycatch camera trap data for broad-scale occupancy and conservation: a case study on brown hyaena (Parahyaena brunnea).

Conducting Qualitative Research With Psychedelic Psychopharmacologists: Challenges of Co-Production in an Era of Interdisciplinarity (2017)
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Noorani, T. (2017). Conducting Qualitative Research With Psychedelic Psychopharmacologists: Challenges of Co-Production in an Era of Interdisciplinarity. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526404862

From 2013 to 2015, I worked as a postdoctoral research fellow with a team of pharmacologists experimenting with psilocybin, an illegal psychoactive compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. The team had conducted an open-label clinical trial with long... Read More about Conducting Qualitative Research With Psychedelic Psychopharmacologists: Challenges of Co-Production in an Era of Interdisciplinarity.

Theorising participatory practice and alienation in health research: A materialist approach (2015)
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Blencowe, C., Brigstocke, J., & Noorani, T. (2015). Theorising participatory practice and alienation in health research: A materialist approach. Social Theory & Health, 13(3-4), 397-417. https://doi.org/10.1057/sth.2015.23

Health inequalities research has shown a growing interest in participatory ways of working. However, the theoretical ideas underpinning mainstream approaches to participation remain underexplored. This article contributes to theorising participatory... Read More about Theorising participatory practice and alienation in health research: A materialist approach.

Long-term follow-up of psilocybin-facilitated smoking cessation: Abstinence outcomes and qualitative analysis of participant accounts (2015)
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Garcia-Romeu, A. P., Noorani, T., Griffiths, R. R., & Johnson, M. W. (2015). Long-term follow-up of psilocybin-facilitated smoking cessation: Abstinence outcomes and qualitative analysis of participant accounts. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, Article e78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.1130

Aims: We assessed long-term (>12 months) outcomes of psilocybin-facilitated smoking cessation, and qualitatively analyzed participants’ accounts to inform potential psychological mechanisms of treatment efficacy. Methods: Fifteen individuals who comp... Read More about Long-term follow-up of psilocybin-facilitated smoking cessation: Abstinence outcomes and qualitative analysis of participant accounts.

Posthuman Attunements: Aesthetics, Authority and the Arts of Creative Listening (2016)
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Brigstocke, J., & Noorani, T. (2016). Posthuman Attunements: Aesthetics, Authority and the Arts of Creative Listening. Geohumanities, 2(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/2373566x.2016.1167618

This introduction to the themed section on attunement explores the varied practices, politics, and aesthetics of attuning to more-than-human voices, temporalities, and material processes. What happens when we attempt to attune ourselves to forms of a... Read More about Posthuman Attunements: Aesthetics, Authority and the Arts of Creative Listening.

Social transmission favours the ‘morally good’ over the ‘merely arousing’ (2019)
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Stubbersfield, J. M., Dean, L. G., Sheikh, S., Laland, K. N., & Cross, C. P. (2019). Social transmission favours the ‘morally good’ over the ‘merely arousing’. Palgrave communications, 5(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0269-y

Moral stories are pervasive in human culture, forming the basis of religious texts, folklore, and newspaper articles. We used a linear transmission chain procedure to test three competing hypotheses: (1) that moral content in general is preferentiall... Read More about Social transmission favours the ‘morally good’ over the ‘merely arousing’.

Dung fungi as a proxy for megaherbivores: opportunities and limitations for archaeological applications (2018)
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Perrotti, A. G., & van Asperen, E. (2019). Dung fungi as a proxy for megaherbivores: opportunities and limitations for archaeological applications. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 28(1), 93-104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-018-0686-7

The use of spores of coprophilous fungi from sedimentary sequences as proxy evidence for large herbivore abundance has garnered pronounced attention and scrutiny over the past three decades. In response to the rapid rate at which new information is b... Read More about Dung fungi as a proxy for megaherbivores: opportunities and limitations for archaeological applications.

Camera trap and questionnaire dataset on ecosystem services provided by small carnivores in agro-ecosystems in South Africa (2018)
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Williams, S. T., Maree, N., Taylor, P., Belmain, S. R., Keith, M., & Swanepoel, L. H. (2018). Camera trap and questionnaire dataset on ecosystem services provided by small carnivores in agro-ecosystems in South Africa. Data in Brief, 18, 753-759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.071

This dataset includes data derived from camera trap surveys and questionnaire surveys relating to small carnivores in agro-ecosystems in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, South Africa. The data were collected as part of the study “Predation by small mamm... Read More about Camera trap and questionnaire dataset on ecosystem services provided by small carnivores in agro-ecosystems in South Africa.

Enamel formation and growth in non-mammalian cynodonts (2018)
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O'Meara, R. N., Dirks, W., & Martinelli, A. G. (2018). Enamel formation and growth in non-mammalian cynodonts. Royal Society Open Science, 5(5), Article 172293. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172293

The early evolution of mammals is associated with the linked evolutionary origin of diphyodont tooth replacement, rapid juvenile growth and determinate adult growth. However, specific relationships among these characters during non-mammalian cynodont... Read More about Enamel formation and growth in non-mammalian cynodonts.

Effects of cropping, smoothing, triangle count, and mesh resolution on 6 dental topographic metrics (2019)
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Berthaume, M. A., Winchester, J., & Kupczik, K. (2019). Effects of cropping, smoothing, triangle count, and mesh resolution on 6 dental topographic metrics. PLoS ONE, 14(5), Article e0216229. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216229

Dental topography is a widely used method for quantifying dental morphology and inferring dietary ecology in animals. Differences in methodology have brought into question the comparability of different studies. Using primate mandibular second molars... Read More about Effects of cropping, smoothing, triangle count, and mesh resolution on 6 dental topographic metrics.

Cultural change in animals: a flexible behavioural adaptation to human disturbance (2019)
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Gruber, T., Luncz, L., Moerchen, J., Schuppli, C., Kendal, R., & Hockings, K. (2019). Cultural change in animals: a flexible behavioural adaptation to human disturbance. Palgrave communications, 5, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0271-4

In recent decades, researchers have increasingly documented the impact of anthropogenic activities on wild animals, particularly in relation to changes in behaviour. However, whether human-induced behavioural changes in wildlife may be considered evi... Read More about Cultural change in animals: a flexible behavioural adaptation to human disturbance.

“I am a farmer”: Young women address conservation using photovoice around Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone (2009)
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Thompson, J. A. (2009). “I am a farmer”: Young women address conservation using photovoice around Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone. Agenda, 23(79), 65-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2009.9676224

You can express a different story through art. What happens when you use arts-based inquiry to explore environmental knowledge? How can artistic expression value and construct alternative knowledges that might otherwise be overlooked or silenced? Hol... Read More about “I am a farmer”: Young women address conservation using photovoice around Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone.

On writing notes in the field: Interrogating positionality, emotion, participation and ethics (2014)
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Thompson, J. A. (2014). On writing notes in the field: Interrogating positionality, emotion, participation and ethics. McGill Journal of Education, 49(1), 247-254. https://doi.org/10.7202/1025781ar

Fieldnotes help researchers document research activities and position themselves in the field, invariably constructing the research, the researcher and the knowledges produced. Yet the process of how fieldnotes are produced often remains invisible. T... Read More about On writing notes in the field: Interrogating positionality, emotion, participation and ethics.